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20-2-20
Section 20-2-20 Administration of chapter. (a) The State Board of Health, unless otherwise
specified, shall administer this chapter and may add substances to or delete or reschedule
all substances enumerated in the schedules in Sections 20-2-23, 20-2-25, 20-2-27, 20-2-29,
or 20-2-31 pursuant to the procedures of the State Board of Health. In making a determination
regarding a substance, the State Board of Health shall consider all of the following: (1)
The actual or relative potential for abuse. (2) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological
effect, if known. (3) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance. (4)
The history and current pattern of abuse. (5) The scope, duration, and significance of abuse.
(6) The risk to the public health. (7) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or
physiological dependence liability. (8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of
a substance already controlled under this chapter. (b) After considering the...
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20-2-2
Section 20-2-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation,
ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: a. A practitioner
or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. The patient or research subject
at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) AGENT. An authorized person
who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. The
term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the
carrier or warehouseman. (3) CERTIFYING BOARDS. The State Board of Medical Examiners, the
State Board of Health, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the
State Board of Podiatry, and the State Board of Veterinary Medical...
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34-24-602
Section 34-24-602 Authority and intent. (a) Authority. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
shall have the jurisdiction and authority necessary to carry out the provisions and intent
of this article. (b) Intent. The article is intended to require physicians to register under
the provisions of this article, and to provide the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners the
following powers and duties with respect to all registrants of the Board of Medical Examiners,
in addition to its existing authority as a certifying board pursuant to the Alabama Uniform
Controlled Substances Act: (1) To adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations in accordance
with the Alabama Pain Management Act for the proper administration and enforcement of this
article. (2) To establish rules regarding the registration of all physicians providing pain
management services. (3) To set reasonable registration and renewal fees. (4) To renew registrations
and set renewal and expiration dates and other deadlines. (5)...
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34-23-50
Section 34-23-50 Required. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to
practice pharmacy in this state or to permit prescriptions to be compounded and/or dispensed
by persons other than those duly licensed by the board to practice pharmacy in this state;
provided, that any person who holds a professional degree in pharmacy from a school of pharmacy
recognized by the board who is serving his or her internship under the immediate direct supervision
of a pharmacist on the premises registered by the board and any person who is enrolled in
a school of pharmacy recognized by the board working under the immediate and direct supervision
of a pharmacist on the premises registered by the board pursuing his or her education as a
pharmacist shall be permitted to compound and/or dispense prescriptions. In order to be considered
enrolled in a school of pharmacy and pursuing his or her education as a pharmacist, a person
shall not be absent from the school of pharmacy for more...
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34-9-10
Section 34-9-10 Application; licensure by credentials; special purpose license. (a) Every person
who desires to practice dentistry within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed
by the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular requirement
set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure shall be at least 19 years of
age, of good moral character, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United
States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation
from the federal government, and a graduate of a dental school or college accredited by the
American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation and approved by the board and
shall satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted by the board. (b) Licensure
by examination shall be applicable to the following categories: (1) Those individuals who
have never been licensed or taken an examination and whose...
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20-2-280
Section 20-2-280 Opioid antagonist prescriptions; administration; liability. (a) For the purposes
of this section, "opioid antagonist" means naloxone hydrocholoride or other similarly
acting drug that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment
of an opioid overdose. (b) A physician licensed under Article 3 of Chapter 24 of Title 34,
or dentist licensed under Chapter 9 of Title 34, acting in good faith may directly or by standing
order prescribe, and a pharmacist licensed under Chapter 23 of Title 34, or a registered nurse
in the employment of the State Health Department or a county health department, may dispense,
an opioid antagonist to either of the following: (1) An individual at risk of experiencing
an opiate-related overdose. (2) A family member, friend, member of a fire department, rescue
squad, volunteer fire department personnel, or other individual, including law enforcement,
in a position to assist an individual at risk of experiencing an...
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16-37-4
Section 16-37-4 Authority of state board as to vocational education. The State Board of Education
shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal Department of Health, Education
and Welfare in the administration of the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1; to administer
any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Alabama and to administer the funds
provided by the federal government and the State of Alabama, under the provisions of this
chapter, for the promotion of vocational education in agricultural subjects, trade and industrial
subjects and home economics subjects. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for
the promotion of vocational education in such subjects as an essential and integral part of
the public school system of education in the State of Alabama and to provide for the preparation
of teachers of such subjects. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials
and assistants as may be necessary to administer...
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38-1-7
Section 38-1-7 (Effective October 1, 2015 until September 30, 2017) Drug screening program.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DRUG.
Includes all of the following: a. A controlled substance for which a medical prescription
or other legal authorization is required for purchase or possession, including, but not limited
to: An amphetamine, a tetrahydrocannabinol, oxycodone, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), an opiate,
a barbiturate, a benzodiazepine, a methamphetamine, a propoxyphene, a tricyclic antidepressant,
or a metabolite of any of these substances. b. A drug whose manufacture, sale, use, or possession
is forbidden by law. (2) DRUG SCREENING. Any chemical, biological, or physical instrumental
analysis administered by a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Health
and Human Services or other licensing agency in this state for the purpose of determining
the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites. (b) The...
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34-24-290
Section 34-24-290 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education and training
of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the board. (2)
ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed by
the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision
of a physician approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical
Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison,
bearing on the label the words, "Caution, Federal Law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed
only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend
drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound...
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15-18-82.1
Section 15-18-82.1 Methods of execution; election of method; constitutionality. (a) A death
sentence shall be executed by lethal injection, unless the person sentenced to death affirmatively
elects to be executed by electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia. The sentence shall be executed
pursuant to Section 15-18-82. (b) A person convicted and sentenced to death for a capital
crime at any time shall have one opportunity to elect that his or her death sentence be executed
by electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia. (1) The election for death by electrocution is waived
unless it is personally made by the person in writing and delivered to the warden of the correctional
facility within 30 days after the certificate of judgment pursuant to a decision by the Alabama
Supreme Court affirming the sentence of death or, if a certificate of judgment is issued before
July 1, 2002, the election must be made and delivered to the warden within 30 days after July
1, 2002. If a warrant of execution is pending on...
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